Eric Manzan茅-Pinz贸n, PhD
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Eric is a plant eco-physiologist and specializes in drought tolerance of tropical trees, liana and mangrove biology, physiology, and plant phenotypic plasticity. He has carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Yale University, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is an associate professor in plant ecology and physiology at the Universidad Tecnol贸gica de Panam谩 and has been part of the Scientific Component of the Blue Carbon Project of Audubon Americas, carrying out research on carbon sequestration in the mangroves of Panama.
Courses Taught
Comparative Tropical Ecology
Selected Publications
脕lvarez-Cansino, L., Comita, L. S., Jones, F. A., Manzan茅-Pinz贸n, E., Browne, L., & Engelbrecht, B. M. J. (2022). Turgor loss point predicts survival responses to experimental and natural drought in tropical tree seedlings. Ecology, 103(6).
Campanello, P. I., Manzane, E., Villagra, M., Zhang, Y.-J., Panizza, A. M., di Francescantonio, D., Rodriguez, S. A., Chen, Y.-J., Santiago, L. S., & Goldstein, G. (2016). Carbon Allocation and Water Relations of Lianas Versus Trees (pp. 103鈥�124). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27422-5_5
Hao, G.-Y., Jones, T. J., Luton, C., Zhang, Y.-J., Manzane, E., Scholz, F. G., Bucci, S. J., Cao, K., & Goldstein, G. (2009). Hydraulic redistribution in dwarf Rhizophora mangle trees driven by interstitial soil water salinity gradients: Impacts on hydraulic architecture and gas exchange. Tree Physiology, 29(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp005
Manzan茅-Pinz贸n, E., Goldstein, G., & Schnitzer, S. A. (2018). Does soil moisture availability explain liana seedling distribution across a tropical rainfall gradient? Biotropica, 50(2), 215鈥�224. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12526
Muehleisen, A. J., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Jones, F. A., Manzan茅-Pinz贸n, E., & Comita, L. S. (2020). Local adaptation to herbivory within tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient. Ecology, 101(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ECY.3151
Uma帽a, M. N., Manzan茅-Pinz贸n, E., & Comita, L. S. (2019). Long-term dynamics of liana seedlings suggest decelerating increases in liana relative abundance over time. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13297
Research Interests
Blue carbon in mangroves
Patterns of drought tolerance of tree species with commercial value
Education
- PhD, Biology, University of Miami
